How the Real-Life Bond Between Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan Led to ‘Freakier Friday’
When Freakier Friday hits theaters this August, Anna and Tess Coleman will reunite on screen for the first time in 22 years. For stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, however, the wait has not been quite so long.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE at the Amazon Upfront in New York, Curtis revealed that she and Lohan have remained close off-screen.
“Lindsay was 15, and as she’s matured, we’ve stayed in contact our whole lives,” she said.
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“I think it’s important, particularly with someone who is young in the movie business, if you connect with them, you have to let them know it’s real. There’s R-E-E-L life, and then there’s R-E-A-L life,” she continued. “I wanted her to understand that there was a bridge and that I was real, and that she always could be real with me. And she was.”
The Friendship Led to Freakier Friday
According to Curtis, the real-life bond she shares with Lohan led to the creation of Freakier Friday.
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“It was her visiting me, bringing her baby to visit me, that led to a picture of the two of us that I posted, and then the floodgate of people going, ‘Oh my God, oh my God,’ and then me calling Disney going, ‘Hi! Lindsay’s old enough to have a teenager. Let’s go!’ And then they did,” she explained.
A Long-Awaited Sequel
As Curtis teased, Freakier Friday will follow Tess and Anna Coleman decades after their original adventure.
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“Years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter,” the film’s synopsis reads.
“As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice.”
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Freakier Friday will hit theaters August 8.
